Parmigiani Fleurier has always been a brand that speaks softly but demands close attention. It is a house born from the hands of a restorer, the mind
of a watchmaker and the eye of a classicist. Yet it took the arrival of Guido Terreni in 2021 to turn that quiet mastery into a contemporary language — one that connoisseurs could hear above the market din without the brand ever needing to raise its voice.
This year’s Toric Perpetual Calendar — not least the model cased in gold with a hand-worked gold dial — is the brand’s most eloquent declaration to date. It is not a watch that shouts its complication; rather, it articulates it. The Toric QP is a masterclass in restraint, born of a simple proposition Terreni repeats like a mantra: simplify the complication, dignify the craft and serve the owner rather than the onlooker. Or, as he puts it, “We are about subtlety… about going to the essence of the idea.”
Offered in two limited editions of 50 pieces each, the Toric QP comes in the “Golden Hour” execution, pictured on our cover and cased in rose gold with a hand-grained golden dial, as well as in a platinum “Morning Blue” version. Both share the same quiet eloquence, the blue expressing calm, morning clarity while the gold glows with warmth and late-afternoon light.
This is the story of how Parmigiani rediscovered its voice and why the Toric QP may be the season’s most persuasive argument that elegance, when pursued seriously, is a form of horological courage
